Plastic utility holder for nail enamel bottle



May 26, 1959 G. SCHULTZ 2,888,020

PLASTIC UTILITY HOLDER FOR NAIL ENAMEL BOTTLE Filed March 12. 1958INVENTOR.

Gwuseuo SGHUL rz United States Patent PLASTIC UTILITY HOLDER FOR NAILENAIVIEL BO'ITLE Guillermo Schultz, New York, N.Y.

Application March 12, 1958, Serial No. 720,982

2 Claims. (Cl. 132-735) This invention relates to closures and moreparticularly to a closure for nail enamel bottles.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a utility stick fornail enamel bottles that may be used for a variety of purposes duringthe manicuring of finger nails, whereby a single such device readilyreplaces a larger number of independent single purpose implements.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an attachment fornail enamel bottles that can be selectively used for cleaning, treating,and polishing the fingernails in a simple and eflicient manner.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a utility stick for nailenamel bottles bearing the above objects in mind which is of simpleconstruction, has a minimum number of parts, is inexpensive tomanufacture and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section, of an accessoryfor nail polish bottles made in accordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the stick unit forming a part ofthe present invention removed from the nail enamel bottle closure; and

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse cross sectional view taken along line33 of Figure 2.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, an accessory for use with anail polish bottle 13 is shown to include a closure 12 having internalthreads for connec tion with the externally threaded neck of the bottle.This closure 12 is preferably constructed of a plastic molded materialand has an upwardly facing concave surface 18 that provides a seat for adownwardly facing convex surface 19 at one end of a detachable stickunit 15. The lower end of this detachable stick unit 15 also includes adepending inverted conical point 16 that is releasably received within asimilar shaped socket 17 that opens upwardly in the closure cap 12.

Each side of the detachable stick unit 15 is of concave 2,888,020Patented May 26, 1959 ice surface configuration and has a large numberof particles of emery 23a, 12 adhered thereto, the particles 23a on oneside of the stick being coarser than the particles 23b on the otherside, whereby the unit may be used for roughly and finely finishing thenails. The end surfaces 20 of the stick unit 15 are of angular concaveconfiguration, when viewed in cross section as shown in Figure 3, so asto reduce the width of the stick without reducing the size of the emerysurfaces.

An arcuate extension 25 is secured to the uppermost end of thedetachable stick unit, such extension being particularly suited forremoving the cuticle or polish from fingernails. The point 16 isparticularly useful for removing dirt from beneath the fingernailspreparatory to the manicuring operation.

In actual use, the detachable stick unit 15 forms an attractive and neatappearing accessory for the closure 12 of any type of nail enamelbottle. It will thus be recognized that many of the manicuringoperations can be performed with this single detachable stick unit 15,thus replacing a larger number of independent single purpose implementsthat are required in this regard. Of course, while the parts arepreferably constructed of molded plastic material, it will be recognizedthat other materials may be used if such is found desirable.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claims.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. An accessory for nail polish bottles comprising, in combination, aclosure cap having an upwardly facing concave surface, a manicuringstick unit detachably secured to said closure cap, said unit including aself supporting member having a convex surface at one end ofsubstantially the same radius of curvature as said concave surface ofsaid closure cap and in full face engagement therewith, an invertedconical point depending from said one end of said self supportingmember, a socket in said closure cap communicating with said concavesurface releasably receiving said conical point, said stick unit incross section including a pair of angularly concave end walls, and apair of arcuate concave side walls, said side walls tapering upwardlyfrom said one end of said stick unit, and emory particles adhered toeach one of said side walls, the particles on one side of said sidewalls being coarser than the particles on the other side wall.

2. The combination according to claim 1, furth er comprising a thinarcuate extension secured to the opposite end of said stick unit.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,736,050 Ice Feb. 28, 1956

